{"id":564,"date":"2011-01-06T20:54:21","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T17:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hypog.net\/blog\/?p=564"},"modified":"2011-01-06T21:40:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T18:40:54","slug":"what-do-you-do-when-you-have-the-best-phone-in-the-market-you-make-it-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypog.net\/blog\/?p=564","title":{"rendered":"What do you do when you have the best phone in the market? You make it better."},"content":{"rendered":"

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So two pointless and ridiculously difficult exam is around the corner. This naturally leads to plenty of free time. What is one to do? Naturally I decided to root my phone and unlock my bootloader.<\/p>\n

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First, a quick explanation to the uninitiated.<\/p>\n

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root \u2013 Root, in terms of computing is a privileged access level to your computers base files. You could equate it to ULTIMATE POWA NINJAZ<\/em><\/p>\n

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bootloader \u2013 The bootloader does exactly as the portmanteau implies. It loads your boot software. Unlocking it means you can flash a new mod as opposed to the one that comes stock on your phone.<\/em><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s quite different from jailbreaking and unlocking your phone. Unlock implies being able to use any simcard on your sim-locked phone. Jailbreaking allows you to install unsigned apps on your iphone. The android is an open system, so there is no jailbreaking required, you just press a button that says \u201cinstall third party apps\u201d and you\u2019re done. Naturally if you\u2019re stupid, you\u2019ll get spyware and all sorts of malaware on it, but for the most part, nothing of the sort happens.<\/p>\n

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Step 1<\/p>\n

BACKUP!<\/p>\n

So the first step is to backup all applications, contacts and all that shit. Here\u2019s the beauty of android, your phone is connected to the cloud! You don\u2019t have to do shit. Everytime your phone is synced, you upload all this shit on the \u201cCloud\u201d. The cloud being an online repository of your shit. This happens without any extra work from you. You can disable it, but I don\u2019t see why anyone would want to.<\/p>\n

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Step 2<\/p>\n

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Rooting your device!<\/p>\n

The steps are similar for most devices, but it all involves having the Android SDK (Software Development Kits) installed together with the associated drivers for your phone.<\/p>\n

Once that\u2019s installed, it gets easier.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s two ways here. The first, which is the manly way, is to download Superboot, and find the unlocker for your phone build number (which you can find from Settings \u2013> About Phone) and unlock it via superboot.<\/p>\n

The easier way for nooblets, is to just download the new easily available One-Click Rooting app and let it run.<\/p>\n

CJ, if you\u2019re reading this, this is the link you want: HTC Desire!<\/a><\/p>\n

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Step 3<\/p>\n

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Unlocking the Bootloader<\/p>\n

Warning: Unlocking your bootloader will make a fresh wipe for your phone. If your phone is brand new, you aren\u2019t going to miss much. In my case, I\u2019ve a lot of crap in it, so It may affect me quite a bit. However, everything is backed up, so I\u2019m good to go.<\/p>\n

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Unlocking the bootloader on the nexus one is fairly simple. You just load in recovery mode, and then, via the computer command prompt, type \u201cfastboot oem unlock\u201d <\/strong>You\u2019ll need the Android SDK of course.<\/p>\n

That simple. It may vary from phone to phone {on how to get into the recovery mode, but a quick google search will indicate how it\u2019s done for your phone\u201d<\/p>\n

Step takes 5 minute, and we\u2019re done.<\/p>\n

Final step is to install a custom Rom.<\/p>\n

There are hundreds of roms, just hit up xda developers and you\u2019ll see thousands. My recommendation? Cyanogen Mod! Here\u2019s a link : Choose your Phone on top of the page.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Enjoy your android kids. Maybe one day, I\u2019ll write a post on all the apps you may want, and the benefits of root. However, if you\u2019re already rooting, then there\u2019s no need to elaborate is there?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  So two pointless and ridiculously difficult exam is around the corner. This naturally leads to plenty of free time. What is one to do? Naturally I decided to root my phone and unlock my bootloader.   First, a quick explanation to the uninitiated.   root \u2013 Root, in terms of computing is a privileged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hypog.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hypog.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hypog.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hypog.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hypog.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hypog.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":565,"href":"https:\/\/hypog.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions\/565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hypog.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hypog.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hypog.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}